The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-15

men, the cream ol Memphis culture anu
wealth. The glyly-garinehicd and p0u.
quoted cabin glillrrch with diamonds worm
by these beautiful ladies, whose part wa5 y
to welcome the graceful mistress oi'u'o
White-housc; and the gentlemen were y +
solid-looking company with bulging Dank
accounts and sufficient southern gcnsh'sy
TO keep them from n bporish ~eXhibiton 81
their account books. II was as goodly y
company as has EXTENDED the hand OF wei.
comc To the first gentleman and the i'H'
lady Of this land since they left Washing
ton. ,s
As the Presidents train came down ing
steep decline toward the icrry-boat when
Ia, at the West Memphis wharf awaiting
it. the dnrkcy deck hands III the kuAo
Adams mourcd that handsome craft along
side the icrry.hoH and swung the mon
stcr staging acrusS from the iorccastlc 10
the ferry. The band standing on the. hnr-
ricanc deck blew "llaiI To the CHEZ, IN"
the air, and between two lines OF hah"-
somrly dressed IoEtycs the INDUSTRIOUS
party walked the plankrd ana poaruc"
the reception boat. AS ule. iTten'''''s
walked upou the hma, his eye rested upon
Presidents iSlanl, which stretches away :
from that landing lar to the soutli, AID ~
stood iur u moment ldcing the waicri !,
which one of the Terrible naval battles 81
the civil war WAS fought water IN WHICH
now lie The tinllrrS oi some "
the sunkcu craft aud the bones o.
man, a mother both of the blue am
u( the gray. ON the hight across from
this landing. IA, site 81 nld Fort Pickering,
where one, such desperate work was u'he
all these reminder ul those bloody days,
hut not u rebel veil Ia hc heard. NoTi,-
rrncrs stood shoulder Ia shoulder WIN
Suuthrmcrs. old black aholitinnis's WIN
OLD Shareholders all these Ia welcome ma
becoming way the central figure oil q uh'-
ird Nation with u lig, Ing IN u among
them walked many II black man who Nv"
once worn the collar al scridon', now ire
tn remember kindly his old master ~
I, the same moment tu thank his heersuor'
II this be- the south aud sureiy itm
then lhrrr is M Mason and Dixon's hnu,
mn ,i,lr nor ''conicd," no rebel yell.
The onl, apprmch To- n rebel yell that hns
been heard IN Memphis today VAS ut'ervu
lN a very hLick drayman whose nun.
siuhl.d his h,s,l aud tell l,ccis over hca"
down the steep lcNcc decline
But 10 come back Ia the Presidents en-
try into Memphis, When the wishing
! rnuplc hal rrachcd the rear END OF thc
ladies cabin they faced about ana ~
% ,ri,rL the p~r,tinps uf the ladies' and gcn-
. ] ltnIth NNUlliIlHIllE wv 'fAhihihh''N - -.
! wrr, prrscnicd tn the distinguished viri-
tors hy Col Napoleon llll, the master oil
ceremonies. wlu. having been carefully
= rhrurAl in hir dutius 10y that u~ndoub'cu
y authority on the technique ui ctiqnrue,,
senator Harris, performed this office WIN
! most becoming grace u ulginty' ~
u ,hcrc WAS something amusing IN the g,sri-
e nnturd discussion lriwcvn senator Har-
Al. aud Jul IIill ~ tu whether the Colonel
" should sn,. Nit. r%nsidcnt' or MI.
Cleveland. thcrr Wu- RAJ sport Tor thc ui.-
=" hackers in the Colonel - rehearsal oil hiS
duties IN which, using his business part
- nrr asa dummy. ht pu'cii''d on me
' tvn vuys ui iWirblucing, saying
n first. MI. President, Col. t~onuinc,
~ NTH the ris.ua infection, and
= "CuI. Ionluinr, Mr. resident, with th-
T" falling infection. col. Hill cOuld buy u
ctr,, ul cotton in iuli tie time II took hin,
tu Irridr whether he rlivnld name the
y iutrUIu,d ursun az the lTsidcnt Inst.
Rut when the time r.imc lac did the busi-
meas nm In the ,rr, srnsiblc way that amy
very sensible mau would do'ii, and ever,
ii Iuiy voted HIM 49, iw u pink ri propriciy
and u yrritahlc lily ul etiquette.
II Meantime ihr beautiful boat had swung
\, uut into tlv huad sirpgnn rnd WIS steam
go ,nr vi ,uwatd the rity When the intro
la i]uyiiuuY wvn' oyer VIII, ,cNrry'mny wrh'
nn deck. The r,cnc VAS inspiring, In
" deed An nlonp the hanks IT the river ,@y
the si,umhaais that hal c~uHgIeyaiei u
~ this IH,rt. and hark uf these, On The tu,rkr
~ thai ran pumllrl With ilc strgin UiI either
~ side. fiunl an the locomotives
vi that wcp I'VE lrum other duty.
m 11r~r every lat unu Ol them
= tuotrd lhr,r whistles til they illcd
the air With ,uirs ranging all the way
'd FROM tie deep. hoar-' LUIS oi the By
- vhirths Ia the little piping screams OF The
," tin, uncs. II was w Il u multitude ol
y, h"arr men ven yelling their rns,tinf
rel in the President. and another multitude d
~ .lrill voiced Wumpn sNcp Sfrsthinl
theirs to his WIFE. As the reepiion boaI
u mps,d hy the ,ity's irunt the s.rne yas
y. simply rmnd. The broad leNcc, risin,
81 Sharply lrpm the waters edgc :" tile pr
~ me, ia lr,nt II TIM white and hand
'" some government building. was LITERAL,
" "A mass of humanity. People stood =
v" rl,~r tofthpr that their faces. rising one
u, above another. locked, frpm the deck q
.hl the huat. like rpuni paving STONES sci ~
&C. the lcyn. Hack un the i.s'sf. Fr'
haIf 10 iVt Hi"Nc w" N..i'
"" 49, ,.rrf guns thundrpd In almost iftI
I'm .iyuLl, ruil %sucrcr,iOn. Sill back
h. of ,bcss. on 4 ,ai inainei structure, St
ROW Over rlw 1T people, aud lWhind thes1
Ut al ihr White I-~tuiii,c doomed, compleunC
, pirur that IL made for nobody short d
ic a ,rcrid.nl u n grcai nation.
In order TINT the President and Mn<
D, Cleveland might enjoy this scene 10 Y,
y fall aud ~c al the front of Memphis, I'm
!" laat W. run in midsiram 10y the city aus
~ nL.n s,mr two mih's above thcp places
'' nnnl landing. Here Il was turned abou
" aud run down again TO tho center OF IN
" atys river front. still the nIasSaf men
women and Children stood there, an,
wv amid the %lUuming II the cannon, ~
~ mrng and rhricking of the whizsicE
tl,. music of the hand. these thou
!" nnds sent up n cheer that can
y" n,rss the water ~ thrilling voIuu<
~ "Wrll,' sud Mp. Cleveland, who at1<1
w un the very FOREMOST part Of the liuuirn1|
wv Lr,k. "thia beats nll'' That WIS enonn
-. in sa,. that WIS oil thcrc was 20 say. u
W the mids NJ the crowd OF shorr this NJ
'a Weldon. racket must have been almoe1dr
~ rninp. hut mullihcd and blended N Ell 4
,nriui. sounds wcrr into one roIfd me-
A., the iimr VI had some acrt~s the water 4
reached the cau Of thOrc for whom Il
y. intended, ID WIS pleasant ufher than F.
~, iensiVe, and u was thrilling heyo11
w. I-n's power a. describe, Mempha q
y, never was entered more glorously ~
sovereignty ~ mighty ~ that epi(cu
w., in the presidency of the United rtaoGx
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